Wake Up Call: Firm Revenue Rose 11.4% in First Half of 2024

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• Firms reported revenue rising 11.4% during the first six months of the year, according to the Wells Fargo Legal Specialty Group’s 2024 midyear survey. Rate growth was the primary contributor to the rise, with average standard rates rising 8.8% year-over-year.
• The parents of Thomas Matthew Crooks have hired a team from Pittsburgh-based Quinn Logue as the FBI continues to investigate how much they knew ahead of their son’s assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. (DailyMail.com)
• The number of law school applicants grew 5.7% from 2023 to 2024. In total, 64,912 aspiring lawyers applied for a spot at a law school for this fall—making it the second-largest applicant pool of the past five years. (Reuters)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Joe Zujkowski joined Latham & Watkins as a partner in its restructuring and special situations practice in New York. He joins from Gibson Dunn.
• Nickolas Bogdanovich joined Paul Weiss as a partner in its mergers and acquisitions practice. He joins from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.
• Deidre Kalenderian joined Paul Hastings as a partner in its executive compensation practice in Chicago. She joins from Kirkland & Ellis.
• Banee Pachuca joined Winston & Strawn as a member of its transactions department in Houston.
• Adam Marks joined Sheppard Mullin as a health-care partner in Chicago. He joins from McDermott, Will & Emery.
• Joseph Silvia joined Duane Morris as a partner in its corporate practice group in Chicago. He joins from Dickinson Wright.
• Fraser Collin joined Blank Rome as a partner in the corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities group in Boston. He joins from Dragonfly Group.
• Shannon Drake joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings as a health-care and real estate partner in Atlanta. He joins from Aveanna Health.
• Angela Johnson Reier joined Honigman as a partner in its transactions and counseling practice group in Chicago.
• Amy Drais joined Day Pitney as a tax partner in Stamford, Conn. She joins from Thomson Reuters.
• John Hanley joined McDonald Hopkins as a member in its business department and litigation finance practice group.